Even Cyber Monday is arriving early

It's not just Black Friday sales that are creeping earlier. Increasingly, retailers' 'Cyber Monday' promotions are becoming 'Cyber Right Now.'

The Wall Street Journal reports that more retailers are launching online promotions days or even weeks ahead of Cyber Monday. That might be an affront to tradition if Cyber Monday had been around long enough to become one. The name refers to the Monday after Thanksgiving, when a lot of office workers shop online from their desks.